| VARIAN FRY: the artists’ Schindler |
| By Rebecca Kaplan Boroson |
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06/8/2006
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Petition to Issue a Commemorative Stamp Featuring Varian Fry | TO: Dr. Virginia Noelke, Chair Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee 475 L’Enfant Plaza, S.W. - Room 4474E Washington, DC 20260-2437 Petition to Issue a Commemorative Stamp Featuring Varian Fry, Who Helped 2,000 Refugees Escape from the Nazis | | During 1940-1941, American journalist Varian Fry risked his life to help an estimated 2,000 refugees who were pursued by the Nazis to escape from France. The refugees included many of the world’s leading artists, musicians, and intellec-tuals. Fry was the first American to be recognized as one of the "Righteous Among the Nations" by Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust research and memorial center. Fry’s heroism has also been acknowledged by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, numerous other Holocaust institutions, and Holocaust scholars worldwide. | | The undersigned therefore respectfully urge the United States Postal Service to issue a commemorative stamp honor-ing Varian Fry, one of World War II’s unsung heroes. The 100th anniversary of Fry’s birth will be celebrated on October 15, 2007; that would certainly be a most appropriate occasion to issue a stamp honoring this true American hero. | | 1. Signature: ________________________________ Print Name ________________________________________ | | Address: ______________________________________________________________________________________ | | 2. Signature: ________________________________ Print Name ________________________________________ | | Address: ______________________________________________________________________________________ | | 3. Signature: ________________________________ Print Name ________________________________________ | | Address: ______________________________________________________________________________________ | | 4. Signature:________________________________ Print Name ________________________________________ | | Address: ______________________________________________________________________________________ | | 5. Signature: ________________________________ Print Name ________________________________________ | | Address: ______________________________________________________________________________________ | | Sponsored by The Jewish Standard & The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies |
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